Food could run out in a few decades if we don't act now

2:00 AM,
Jun. 6, 2014

Written by

Pat
Smith

In May, National Geographic magazine began a series of articles on the future of food that will continue until the end of the year.

If the world's population increases by between 1.1 billion and 3.7 billion people by 2050, as the United Nations predicts, some people think providing adequate food would have the potential to overwhelm Earth's resources.

Agriculture contributes more to some of the world's environmental and ecological problems than many of the things being blamed such as car exhaust and other transportation means. As prosperity increases and less developed countries grow, ...